SocialMiami’s Miami Art Week Album
Anthony Japour explores the work of Jaime Gili
Ornare Tastemakers 2014
The eighth edition of the Ornare Tastemakers Showcase took place on the Thursday of Miami Art Week at the Ornare Showroom in the Miami Design District. Once again, the event was smashing success, as is witnessed in this recap.
Basel Manny Daily – Part Five
TOur final edition of Basel Manny Daily by famed social photographer Manny Hernandez brings us to the Art Nexus Basel party at Park Grove, the groundbreaking for Zaha Hadid’s One Thousand Museum Downtown Miami, David Castillo Gallery, South Seas Hotel, and the MTV Re:Define Basel Miami event at the Shelbourne hotel.
Pictured: Andres Asion, Nicholas Perez, and Jon Paul Perez at the Art Nexus Basel party at Park Grove
Art Miami 2014
Art Miami is the Magic City’s oldest art fair, celebrating its 25th year of bringing art to Miami. Now, under the direction of Nick Korniloff and Pamela Cohen, Art Miami has become one of Art Week’s most prestigious fairs, rivaled only by Art Basel itself. This year’s fair benefits the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), dedicating its VIP opening to the museum.
In this piece, we hear from collectors Robert and Diane Moss, Marvin Ross Friedman, Ira and Roni Elegant, and Arnold Mittelman. We also learn from PAMM director, Thom Collins, about why Art Miami is tops on his list of Art Week fairs. Additionally, we receive insight from Venice Biennial artist, Victor Matthews, Ocean Drive magazine founder turned artist, Jerry Powers, and wood sculptor, Randall Rosenthal.
Pictured: Stephanie Ansin and Thom Collins
5th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Celebration
At the Soho Beach house, early evening rain couldn’t stop the Miami beachside celebration that featured BOMBAY SAPPHIRE gin, along with Russell and Danny Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, announcing San Francisco’s Kristine Mays as the Grand Finale Winner of the 5th Annual BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series competition. An annual collaboration between BOMBAY SAPPHIRE and Russell and Danny Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, this year’s nationwide search for the next big name in visual arts involved thousands of online submissions and a series of regional gallery events.
Pictured: Nina Agdal and Rosario Dawson
Social Styles: Art Basel – Part Two
Art Week Miami is the very definition of visual overload and it is not contained inside the walls of the fairs and galleries. The more is more vibrant art crowd definitely added to the cool factor that is already Miami and Stylist Elysze Held has again captured the glorious spectacle that is Art Basel Style: Vanity Fair & Marc Jacobs at The Webster; Thom Filicia/Architectural Digest Oasis at The James; the star-studded Chrome Hearts Opening event in Design District and Rimowa Miami; OD/Niche Media’s Art Basel American Icons at The W; Dame Zaha Hadid’s Brunch at One Thousand Museum; Kasher/Potamkin Opening at Miami Project Fair; COTT Pop-Up event celebration in the Design District; The 5th Annual Rush Philanthropic Artisan Series at Soho House; and the sleek Art Nexus Blast at Park Grove.
Pictured: Harvey Daniels in Tom Ford with Patrick Teague in Etro at Zaha Hadid’s Brunch at One Thousand Museum
Basel Manny Daily – Part Four
Basel Thursday was busy for social photographer, Manny Hernandez. His rounds included: Harper’s Bazaar Latin America Art en Espanol at The Webster Miami, Roger Vivier celebrates Miss Viv’ l’ArcoBaleno and Art Basel Miami at luncheon at the Edition hotel, Miami Ad School Pop-Up Lounge for Press and Vip’s in Wynwood, YogArt at Wynwood Walls, Y.ES Collect Contemporary and book event at the 1111 Lincoln Road Penthouse, and YVEL Art Basel Grand Opening in the Miami Design District.
Pictured: Khotan Fernandez, Candela Ferro, and Carlos Betancourt at the launch of Y.ES Collect Contemporary and book event at the 1111 Lincoln Road Penthouse
Hollub Homes Presents: Opening Nights
An energetic crowd at the New World Symphony Monday night celebrated the 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winners, 47 projects receiving $2.29 million to bring South Florida together through the arts.
Pictured: Challenge winners Andrew Yeomanson, aka DJ Le Spam, and Kevin Arrow, of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science
Basel Manny Daily – Part Three
On Wednesday, Manny Hernandez covered the PHILLIPS and VANITY FAIR INTERNATIONAL dinner in honor of JULIAN SCHNABEL and MARTIN Z MARGULIES exhibitions at NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale and Green Dragon’s Fifty Seven pop up VIP lounge at the Bass Museum of Art.
Pictured: Claudia Serrano and Brent Science at the Green Dragon’s Fifty Seven pop up VIP lounge at the Bass Museum
Social Styles: Art Basel – Part One
Stylist Elysze Held hit the ground running again this Basel season as Fashion and Art merge together at style and star studded openings, collectors previews and the multitude of art fairs; art meets fashion events, beginning with the ICA Intro at the elegant Palm Court in the Design District, and onto Spinello Projects opening hosted by Gucci’s Frida Giannini.
On Tuesday HARPER’S BAZAAR kicked off with a preview brunch of the magazine’s ShopBazaar.com boutique at Soho Beach House; Wednesday started off all about the Art at the early preview at Art Basel, but by nightfall it was all about the parties…
Pictured: Lisa Heiden in Barbara Bui jacket, Saint Laurent blouse, her ‘fave’ & Caroline Legrand Harpers’ Bazaar Basel Brunch at Soho Beach House
Basel Manny Daily – Part Two
On Tuesday, Manny Hernandez’s Art Basel week coverage continued as he captured the goings-on at the Art Miami and Context Art Fair openings, the unveiling of Tony Goldman Way in Wynwood, DesignMiami/ design fair, and the Masters Exhibition at Gary Nader Fine Arts Gallery in Wynwood.
Pictured: Elle Macpherson at the opening of DesignMiami
Basel Manny Daily – Part One
Miami’s power players were out in full force during this first day of Miami Art Week, and Manny Hernandez made his rounds. Miami’s social photographer started the day at the 2014 Art Basel Week Salute to Miami’s Cultural Champions luncheon at the Conrad hotel. He later captured images from the ICA announcement in the Miami Design District. Also in the Design District, Manny photographed the GUCCI and Spinello Projects Present SMELL THE MAGIC by Canadian artist Kris Knight, before moving to Midtown for Art Techo. His powerful night ended in Key Biscayne at Raul and Mily de Molina’s 13th annual Art Basel party.
Pictured: Diane and Robert Moss at Raul and Mily de Molina’s 13th annual Art Basel party in Key Biscayne
Julian Schnabel Master Workshop
Bringing together the work of French artist Francis Picabia (1879-1953), American artist Julian Schnabel (b. 1951), and Danish artist Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863-1958) for the first time in the United States, the exhibition Café Dolly: Picabia, Schnabel, Willumsen will be on view at NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale as part of its Miami Art Week exhibition.
Schnabel was in town to hang the exhibition, which includes several of his works that have never been displayed.
SocialMiami’s Aaron Glickman received rare access to Schnabel, and created this documentary short of the experience.
Daniel Arsham Opening at Locust Projects
SocialMiami covered the Locust Projects opening night for Welcome to the Future by Daniel Arsham. The daring installation is sure to be the talk of Art Basel/Miami Art Week.
Arsham’s installation replicates an architectural dig in the gallery’s floor and holds thousands of calcified artifacts of 20th century media devices, including boom boxes, electric guitars, cameras, blackberries, Nintendo controllers, VHS tapes, Walkmans, film projectors, etc. all rendered in crystal, volcanic ash and other minerals. The trench presents the recent past as archeology, a world of technological objects whose obsolescence was built into their design, preserved like petrified wood or the figures of Pompeii.
Pictured: Laura Sheridan Raiffe and Julie Wright
